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what is the oddest thing someone has done when you have visited their house?

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2shoeskickedtheeasterbunny · 06/04/2012 23:25

mine was my DB, he did warn me but tbh I was so...... [bushock]
I was kind of 'oh ok"
he put old sheets on the floor to protect his carpet from...

dd's wheelchair wheels

guess where we won't be going again(this was after he insisted she was shoved in the corner of the table at a pub...just in case she got in the staff's way....WTF)

??? YOUR please

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Lambzig · 08/04/2012 17:30

A friend of mine went round to a new acquaintance for a dinner party. There were a bunch of people she and her DH knew there (about 12 in total) and dinner was lovely. After dinner the host and hostess suggested everyone retire to the bar - they had built a very posh shed at the bottom of their garden complete with comfy sofas and a bar and a music system for entertaining. My friend noticed that the roof was held up by a metal pillar in the centre of the room.

After a while the hostess disappeared, only to return in a basque and stockings and proceed to do a very erotic pole dance for all the guests.

I met the hostess at a party a few months later and she told me that she likes to do it for guests as her DH likes to show off his wife's skills.

missingmymarbles · 08/04/2012 17:33

And blimey! Who has sex when there is someone else trying to sleep in the same room [bushock] ?
Haha {bugrin] did laugh at the thought of a parallel thread written by people disparing of the weirdos who don't have sex in front of their dinner hosts!

GeekLove · 08/04/2012 17:34

In our pre-dc days dh and I where still in contact with university friends. Since most where still living a student lifestyle while DH and I were doing postgrad degrees/jobs. Still we were happy to crash at theirs as they were in shared houses so we usually slept in the living room with our own bedding.
We aren't in contact with them anymore for a couple of reasons...

Once one of them offered us some sweets and left the bag in the living room. Over the day as other people came in and out some ate them and we though nothing of it. Until on the way home when DH revealed to me that our host was upset about the sweets being eaten and had charged us £1 each for the privalidge of eating them.

Last time we stayed with them they were hosting a NYE party to which we were going to. We asked how we could help and were given a non-committal "whatever" which we Interpreted as "do what you think is necessary". So we prepared some food for the party and tidied the front room. The front room really was squalid so we chucked all the obvious rubbish, kept anything that looked like paperwork and moved stuff from surfaces into the (empty) draws and cupboards.

The party was a success and those staying crashed in the living room as planned which was fine if a bit crowded.
So in the morning, mindful of the fact that our hosts seldom surfaced before noon even when it's not NYD we got up, had cereal bars for breakfast as usual, when to see other people with the plan to meet up with our hosts in town as discussed. When this didn't happen we didn't worry since we could see them tomorrow as we were stayi g another day.
We went to the pub and came back with the plan to pay computer games with our hosts it was about 22.00. Until they said to us "you're going home. Now". We had enough time to get our bedding and make an exit. For all they knew we could have both been over the limit and as it happened we were the only people who were kicked out. Cue a 45 min drive and bemused ILs as we arrived a day early. Not to mention a load of dirty dishes from the party that we has promised to clean up the day after.
Still we thought it might just be a one-off due to the stress of having people over though they thought that bedding, showers and breakfast were luxuries I rang them a month later expecting a chat with maybe a sheepish apology only to be met with the third degree about how I was a terrible person who had been responsible for their electricity being cut off and the terrible state of the living room as well has how dreadful her life had been for the past 6 weeks!
She then put the phone down mid tirade. I rang again only to be cut off immediately.
We weren't in contact after that...

RuleBritannia · 08/04/2012 17:49

I was about 8 or 9 and my parents had a couple of friends and their daughter (my age) over for a meal. I went to the loo and well, I was only little used the last of the toilet paper up. The visiting child went to the loo after me but I thought nothing of it until I went to wash my face before going to bed. The girl had used it to wipe her bum.

Since I got my own place, I have always had two toilet rolls out.

RuleBritannia · 08/04/2012 17:54

Maeb My mother always had several towels in the bathroom - seven the last time I counted. She told me that they were for different parts of her body. One for her face one for her body, one for her legs etc. Just think of all the laundry!¬

DPrince · 08/04/2012 18:29

I have 2. I went round to my friends (who has 2 young children) for tea with my 2 dcs. She made an amazing tagine (I don't think that's spelt correctly it a morrocan stew) it had lamb and cashews in it. Her 2 were eating it as was my dd (6 at the time). There another small bowl out but I didn't think anything of it. She asked it my ds hadn't developed a taste for 'foreign food' yet. She looked really confused when I pointed out ds was only 8 weeks and so only had a taste for milk. She then looked a bit miffed and removed the bowl.
We stayed with some friends years ago. We had a nice meal but at 8pm the hosts announced it was 'bedtime' we said goodnight to their ds to be told it was everyone's bedtime. The host made me and dh go to bed in case we woke them up. I was also told to use the loo before bed as she did not allow anyone to use the loo during the night, again in case we disturbed them. We haven't stayed over again. When we visit we use a hotel. :)

MummyDoIt · 08/04/2012 18:30

When I moved to London for a new job, an old college friend offered me the use of her spare room until I found a place of my own. I found a bedsit pretty quickly so was only with her for a week. On the day before I was due to move out, her boyfriend's family were coming over for dinner. I offered to go out so as not to be in the way but she assured me I was welcome to stay. I was therefore somewhat taken aback when, just before they arrived, she brought me my food on a tray and told me I had to stay in my room all evening.

I recently stayed with a friend and discovered that there was no seat on her toilet because it had broken. She'd bought a new one, had tried to fit it but had given up. I offered to fit it for her but discovered a screw was missing. She said she thought she'd heard something go up the hoover and it must be that. She then proceeded to hand me the hoover dust bag so I could sift through it myself in search of the screw. I did find it and managed to fit the seat but regretted offering when I realised she clearly hadn't cleaned the outside of the toilet in living memory. Inside the bowl was clean enough but the outside was greasy to touch and the floor behind the toilet was thick with gunk.

MummyDoIt · 08/04/2012 18:53

Just thought of another one! A few weeks into a new job, my boss invited me to his house for Sunday lunch. We ate the main course and then he disappeared. His wife informed me he'd gone for an afternoon nap. She and I had to stay at the table, making polite conversation (we'd never met until that day), for almost two hours until he returned so we could have dessert.

GinPalace · 08/04/2012 19:05

Mummy maybe he was convalescing from a serious illness??

MummyDoIt · 08/04/2012 19:14

No, GinPalace, his wife said he always took a nap at that time. In fact, he would occasionally lie down on his office floor and have an afternoon nap at work.

Mirage · 08/04/2012 19:16

The other way around really,but a very good friend arrived on my doorstep on a pre arranged visit, with her two dds and a pet carrier containing two guinea pigs.Seeing me looking confused,she said that she'd brought them around because I'd apparently told her dds that it would be alright to bring their guinea pigs to play with ours..Why she thought that I would even consider a guinea pig playdate would be a reasonable thing to do I still don't know.

GinPalace · 08/04/2012 19:16

leftmysociallifeatthedoor · 08/04/2012 19:18

I've just remembered another.

When my dd was born my sister didn't come to see her as we live too far away apparently - we live 90 miles away, she has 2 kids who were 2.5 and 4.5 at the time and her husband finishes work at 3pm and is off at weekends. Anywho....

When dd was 3/4 weeks old (and ds was 3) we went down to stay with my mum for a couple of days, my mum lives 10 miles from my sister. I asked her if shed come to see us - no, it was too far (she's in town most days as she lives out in country) and itd upset kids routine and thered be too many people (4 of us, 4 of them + our parents in large house). So, I finally agreed against my better judgement to go visit them. I turned up with dh, ds and dd who was due a feed - nobody in. It had turned nice so they'd decided to go out for the day - I tried calling - no asnwer. No apology as she doesn't see it as being unreasonable at all.

She also organised a family tea party for her ds's 1st birthday - my ds was 3 months at the time and it was arranged for 6pm which didn't suit his routine but never mind it was dnephews birthday. So, off we trot to their house and guess what? Not in, they'd gone to the zoo for the day.

Sorry, I know its not about people coming to my house but its still astounding to me at least. Worst thing is my mum would get very upset if I ever challenged her.

GinPalace · 08/04/2012 19:22

Leftmy your sister sounds mental and your Mum is accustomed to a lifetime of tiptoeing around her it sounds. That is hypocritical in the extreme!

I am stunned some people can be so unreasonable - makes me very grateful I actually have some sane people in my life cos the world seems full of these bonkers types. Makes me feel better about my MIL tho.

anonacfr · 08/04/2012 19:24

PMSL at the bum towel...

leftmysociallifeatthedoor · 08/04/2012 19:34

YES ginpalace that's exactly right - tiptoeing is right - its so annoying. i will not mention that as soon as I booked my wedding she got engaged and demanded she get married first

Maeb · 08/04/2012 19:40

leftmy - blimey! Families, eh! She definitely has a jealousy bug going on somewhere.

Gavi · 08/04/2012 19:50

When DS (now 6) was born, my very weird ILs invited us for Sunday lunch. DH was a bit hesitant but I agreed enthusiastically, thinking it would allow us all time to bond. Anyway, apart from the disgusting meal, we were served in the living room on our knees while MiL and FiL sat at the dining table! I didn't know what to do, so I stuck the telly on and got on with it. That was the first and last time!

A wedding one - went to a wedding last year which took 3 hours to get to, checked in to the stupidly expensive hotel, bought overpriced drinks, then were told there was no sit down meal and not enough buffet left for our table so we would just have to have some cake! Bearing in mind we hadn't eaten for hours and were staying at the hotel, you can imagine how impressed we were. Luckily there was a garage nearby so we snuck out as 10pm and stocked up on Walkers crisps and Double Deckers - we were starving!

leftmysociallifeatthedoor · 08/04/2012 19:56

Oh and when ds was a few days old we went to mil's for dinner. Its always a very formal affair to dh asked could we just have something cold and snacky so it wouldn't matter if it got cold as I was trying to get used to breastfeeding etc etc. Oh yes that's fine.

Turn up - dh, fil and mil sit down to 3 course roast dinner. I get a saucer with some icerbeg lettuce and some tomatoes.

CPtart · 08/04/2012 20:02

The in-laws aren't known as drinkers, but even I was amazed on xmas day when we ended up with warm vimto! FFS!

BarryStar · 08/04/2012 20:04

A couple of years ago my PIL went to stay with my BIL and wife. As they were leaving, MIL thrust a bundle of bedding into BIL's hands, saying "sorry about the stains love."

Again, PIL staying at BIL's. In the middle of the night BIL's bedroom door crashes open. BIL and wife sit up to be greeted by sight of FIL standing, naked from the waist down, backlit in full and minute detail, in the doorway. FIL eyes them up and down, grunts and backs out. Incident is dismissed the following morning by FIL saying "God I was pissed last night".

Molehillmountain · 08/04/2012 20:06

Oh...bother...the last post! Can't believe I've read all 14 pages! Fantastic!

bringbacksideburns · 08/04/2012 20:15

'It was like a microcosm of life after the nuclear holocaust, every man for himself.' - Laughing like a drain at that one.

Junglebadger · 08/04/2012 20:26

We once stayed overnight with some friends who were a 3 hour drive away. We wanted to freshen up when we got there and asked if we could have a bath (they didn't have a shower). They kindly agreed and ran the bath but then both used it before saying it was free and we could use it next.

ovaltine · 08/04/2012 20:52

people not flushing the toilet at night or letting anyone else do it too.i know a few of these. Rank!

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